Conversation With a Samaritan Woman

4:4Buthe had7 to passthroughSamaria.84:5Now he cameto a Samaritantown9calledSychar,10nearthe plot of landthatJacobhad giventohissonJoseph.114:6Jacob’swellwasthere, soJesus, since he was tiredfromthe journey, satrightdownbeside12the well. It wasaboutnoon.13

4:19The womansaidto him, “Sir, I see46thatyouarea prophet.4:20Ourfathersworshipedonthismountain,47andyou people48saythatthe placewherepeople mustworshipisinJerusalem.”494:21Jesussaidto her, “Believeme, woman,50a time51is comingwhenyou will worship52the FatherneitheronthismountainnorinJerusalem.4:22You people53worshipwhatyou donotknow. Weworshipwhatwe know, becausesalvationisfromthe Jews.544:23Buta time55is coming– andnowis here56 – when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks57 such people to be58 his worshipers.594:24Godis spirit,60andthe people who worshiphimmustworshipinspiritandtruth.”4:25The womansaidto him, “I knowthatMessiahis coming” (the one calledChrist);61 “wheneverhe62 comes, he will tell63useverything.”644:26Jesussaidto her, “I, the one speakingto you, amhe.”

4:51Whilehe was onhisway down,107hisslaves108methimand toldhim thathissonwas going to live.4:52Sohe askedthemthe time109whenhis condition began to improve,110and111 they toldhim, “Yesterday at one o’clock in the afternoon112 the feverlefthim.”4:53Thenthe fatherrealizedthatit was the very time113Jesushad saidto him, “Yoursonwill live,” andhehimselfbelievedalong withhisentirehousehold.4:54Jesusdidthisas his secondmiraculous sign114whenhe returnedfromJudeatoGalilee.